Trumpistan Today – 8.27.17: Review of news on Trump, his administration, and his circles

The Administration After BannonThe New Yorker
No one who watched the Hitlerian cosplay in Charlottesville believes, however, that the most embittered portions of the electorate that Bannon and Trump tapped into during the 2016 campaign were driven solely by economic anxiety.

The Trouble With Ivanka’s Business PartnerPoliticoTrump and her family have continued to associate with Lax even as his legal problems have mounted and Trump has been dragged into Lax’s business disputes. On election night, Lax and his wife stood at the front of the ballroom at the Trumpcampaign’s …

If we do not have a reasonably competent, friendly government in Kabul, nothing the west achieves will last. Ignoring the Afghan nations needs is not an optionDonald Trumps view on the conflict in Afghanistan was highly critical in 2011 when he tweeted that the US was wasting lives and money there. He later termed Barack Obamas strategy a complete waste, saying it was time to come home. Trump stood on his head last week, ordering the deployment of additional American troops and committing the US to an open-ended war that he vowed to fight to win. So which Trump is right the pre-election sceptic or todays ardent warrior? The answer is neither.When Obama took office in 2009, he raised US troop levels to around 100,000, part of a Nato force of about 150,000. His plan was to turn around a war that had already dragged on too long, then hand over to better-trained and equipped Afghan army and police forces. The handover duly took place in 2014, but the conflict was not over. Since then, security has steadily deteriorated.Now is the time to enlist UN help in relaunching a comprehensive internal dialogueContinue reading…Donald Trump | The Guardian

The Trump administration outcasts: Where are they now?Axios
The first seven months of Donald Trump’s presidency have been marked by a series of high-profile exits from Michael Flynn and James Comey to Sean Spicer and Steve Bannon. Now that those officials have left their powerful Washington positions, many …

The Trump administration outcasts: Where are they now?Axios
The first seven months of Donald Trump’s presidency have been marked by a series of high-profile exits from Michael Flynn and James Comey to Sean Spicer and Steve Bannon. Now that … Resigned August 7, but his last day at the WH was August 18.

N Korea is not Soviet Union and Trump is not KennedyAljazeera.com
If not, the impasse will remain, and the danger of war will not abate. In the meantime, it is essential that the TrumpAdministration get its act together, fill key empty positions and establish a working national security team structure. Col. Richard …and more »

The Administration After BannonThe New Yorker
But Bannon perceived the billionaire reality-show host’s talents and steered him through the final phases of a general electionthat few people thought he could win. It didn’t matter that none of Trump’s talents were beneficial to … No one who …and more »

The Trump administration outcasts: Where are they now?Axios
The first seven months of Donald Trump’s presidency have been marked by a series of high-profile exits from Michael Flynn and James Comey to Sean Spicer and Steve Bannon. Now that those officials have left their powerful Washington positions, many …

If we do not have a reasonably competent, friendly government in Kabul, nothing the west achieves will last. Ignoring the Afghan nations needs is not an optionDonald Trumps view on the conflict in Afghanistan was highly critical in 2011 when he tweeted that the US was wasting lives and money there. He later termed Barack Obamas strategy a complete waste, saying it was time to come home. Trump stood on his head last week, ordering the deployment of additional American troops and committing the US to an open-ended war that he vowed to fight to win. So which Trump is right the pre-election sceptic or todays ardent warrior? The answer is neither.When Obama took office in 2009, he raised US troop levels to around 100,000, part of a Nato force of about 150,000. His plan was to turn around a war that had already dragged on too long, then hand over to better-trained and equipped Afghan army and police forces. The handover duly took place in 2014, but the conflict was not over. Since then, security has steadily deteriorated.Now is the time to enlist UN help in relaunching a comprehensive internal dialogueContinue reading…

The Trouble With Ivanka’s Business PartnerPoliticoTrump and her family have continued to associate with Lax even as his legal problems have mounted and Trump has been dragged into Lax’s business disputes. On election night, Lax and his wife stood at the front of the ballroom at the Trumpcampaign’s …

Trump’s history of racial controversiesAxios
October, 1992 The Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino is fined by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission due to managers removing African-American card dealers when a big-spending gambler asked them to. October, 1993: While speaking to the House …and more »

Today in Trumpworld August 24Politico
11 a.m.: Trump will meet with national security adviser H.R. McMaster in the Oval Office. 11:45 a.m.: Trump will … That means DACA, which President Barack Obama began five years ago this month, is confronting its gravest danger yet. And one of the …and more »

Trump’s history of racial controversiesAxios
October, 1992 The Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino is fined by the New Jersey Casino Control Commission due to managers removing African-American card dealers when a big-spendinggambler asked them to. October, 1993: While speaking to the House …

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If we do not have a reasonably competent, friendly government in Kabul, nothing the west achieves will last. Ignoring the Afghan nations needs is not an option

Donald Trumps view on the conflict in Afghanistan was highly critical in 2011 when he tweeted that the US was wasting lives and money there. He later termed Barack Obamas strategy a complete waste, saying it was time to come home. Trump stood on his head last week, ordering the deployment of additional American troops and committing the US to an open-ended war that he vowed to fight to win. So which Trump is right the pre-election sceptic or todays ardent warrior? The answer is neither.

When Obama took office in 2009, he raised US troop levels to around 100,000, part of a Nato force of about 150,000. His plan was to turn around a war that had already dragged on too long, then hand over to better-trained and equipped Afghan army and police forces. The handover duly took place in 2014, but the conflict was not over. Since then, security has steadily deteriorated.

Now is the time to enlist UN help in relaunching a comprehensive internal dialogue

Threats of political violence rise in polarized Trump eraThe Hill
At the center of it all is PresidentTrump, whose heated rhetoric has angered opponents while firing up his supporters, magnifying the sense that the political divide in the country is growing wider. When there seems to be no room for compromise and …

The Trump administration outcasts: Where are they now?Axios
The first seven months of Donald Trump’s presidency have been marked by a series of high-profile exits from Michael Flynn and James Comey to Sean Spicer and Steve Bannon. Now that those officials have left their powerful Washington positions, many …

The Trump administration outcasts: Where are they now?Axios
The first seven months of Donald Trump’s presidency have been marked by a series of high-profile exits from Michael Flynn and James Comey to Sean Spicer and Steve Bannon. Now that … Resigned August 7, but his last day at the WH was August 18.

N Korea is not Soviet Union andTrump is not KennedyAljazeera.com
If not, the impasse will remain, and the danger of war will not abate. In the meantime, it is essential that the TrumpAdministration get its act together, fill key empty positions and establish a working national security team structure. Col. Richard …

The Administration After BannonThe New Yorker
No one who watched the Hitlerian cosplay in Charlottesville believes, however, that the most embittered portions of theelectorate that Bannon andTrump tapped into during the 2016 campaign were driven solely by economic anxiety. Charlottesville was …

The Administration After BannonThe New Yorker
But Bannon perceived the billionaire reality-show host’s talents and steered him through the final phases of a generalelection that few people thought he could win. It didn’t matter that none of Trump’s talents were beneficial to … No one who …